The Evidence Act regulates the use of evidence in all proceedings in courts in Nigeria. Note that the evidence Act cannot apply to proceedings under arbitration or court martial or any Customary Court of Appeal, Sharia Court of Appeal, Area Court, or Customary Court in any part of Nigeria. Although, the evidence Act can apply to a Customary Court of Appeal, Sharia Court of Appeal, Area Court, or Customary Court in any part of Nigeria, where the Constitution of Nigeria or any order published on gazette. Note also that the Evidence Act apples to Area Court over criminal cases.

My authorities are sections 256 and 259 of the Evidence Act, 2011.

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Onyekachi Umah is a private Legal Practitioner with amazing experience in human right, criminal law and civil law including; pre-trial detention, human rights, intellectual property, transaction and regulatory advisory, corporate, commercial and investment law and energy law as well as litigation and arbitration arising from them. He is a Legal Awareness Expert and also a Certified Arbitrator both in Nigeria and the United Kingdom. Onyekachi is the managing partner of a leading law firm; Bezaleel Chambers International. He is the founder and President of Sabi Law Foundation with a free law awareness program known as www.LearnNigerianLaws.com. Mr. Umah has written over Four Hundred (400) free to access articles and materials on law with a desire to enlighten the public. He was featured as the Legal Personality of the Week by This Day Newspaper (a leading national newspaper) on its September 11, 2018 edition and was also featured on the NigeriaLawyer.com as the Legal Personality of the Week on November 14, 2018. Click to read more.